Maye enters the summer in a competition with Jacoby Brissett.

Drake Maye dropped back and looked deep, but a late decision led to a blind check down throw out in the flat to his running back. It instead went right to Matthew Judon for an interception — Maye’s first of camp.

The No. 3 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft said it best after practice: a rookie mistake.

What happened afterwards however, may have been the most encouraging site for the New England Patriots’ coaches.

On the next pass, Maye came right back over the middle to find Jalen...

The Miami Dolphins and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa have reached an agreement on a massive new contract extension. The former first-round draft pick, who confirmed the signing on social media on Friday, put his signature under a four-year, $212.4 million pact.

His annual average value of just over $53 million makes Tagovailoa the third highest-paid quarterback in the league at the moment. Only Joe Burrow and Trevor Lawrence at $55 million each have him surpassed in that category.

Tagovailoa joined the Dolphins as the fifth overall selection in the 2020 NFL Draft out of the University of Alabama. Over the next...

The 24-year-old finished his collegiate career at Texas State in 2023.

A second roster spot has opened in Foxborough.

The New England Patriots waived rookie cornerback Kaleb Ford-Dement on Friday, the team announced.

Ford-Dement, 24, became a new absence as the Patriots returned to the practice fields for the third session of training camp. The 5-foot-11, 178-pound undrafted free agent had signed with the organization as the calendar turned to May.

After arriving at Kilgore College in 2017, Old Dominion in 2019 and Washington State in 2021, Ford-Dement finished his collegiate career at Texas State in 2023. He appeared in...

Who stood out during the Patriots’ third practice of the summer, for better or worse.

The New England Patriots held their third practice of training camp on Friday. While there was one minor change, namely the players wearing shells for the first time this summer, the session itself looked a lot like the previous two: a focus on the passing game, and the defense having the upper hand.

With that said, here is our list of five players who stood out for better or worse.

WR Ja’Lynn Polk: With DeMario Douglas still sidelined in team drills, Polk continued to see...

A look at where the Patriots’ roster stands in training camp.

For the New England Patriots, training camp 2024 will be the beginning of a new era. For the first time, new head coach Jerod Mayo will present himself and his team in front of a live audience of fans.

Surrounding him will be his hand-picked coaching staff, as well as a 90-man roster that includes the team’s future franchise quarterback — first-round rookie Drake Maye — as well as some of the best players in football at their respective positions. Of course, coming off a 4-13 season, there also...

The veteran defensive tackle is entering the final year of his contract.

Davon Godchaux is mad as hell, and he’s not going to take this anymore!

Well, it has not gotten to that point yet. However, the New England Patriots defensive tackle did voice some frustration over his current contract situation on Friday. Following the third practice of training camp, Godchaux met with reporters and his status was front and center.

The 29-year-old is looking for a new deal. He’s also looking for some respect from the team with which he spent the last three years.

“It’s frustrating,” Godchaux admitted....

FOXBORO, Mass. — Drake Maye didn’t see the red.

The New England Patriots rookie quarterback came off his first read over the middle and attempted a check down to the flat where he knew running back Rhamondre Stevenson would be.

And Stevenson was. But so was Patriots linebacker Matthew Judon, famous for his red sleeves under his uniform. Judon intercepted Maye’s pass and took it for a pick-six. It immediately followed a fumbled a snap.

“Just a rookie mistake, no pun intended,” Maye said after practice. “In this league, when you’re going to throw it to the running backs, you...

Everything that happened on Day 3 of Patriots training camp.

Training camp practice No. 3 is officially in the books as the New England Patriots held a near two-hour session in a sunny Foxboro. With a day off on Saturday, New England donned shells for the first time this summer.

Here’s what went down on the back fields of Gillette Stadium.

Attendance

Absent: CB Kaleb Ford-Dement*, WR Kendrick Bourne (PUP), RB Terrell Jennings (PUP), G Cole Strange (PUP), OL Jake Andrews (PUP), LB Sione Takitaki (PUP), RB Antonio Gibson (NFI)

Limited: WR DeMario Douglas, LB/S Marte Mapu, DL Christian...

Patriots rookie quarterback Joe Milton III quickly became a fan-favorite during his first training camp, drawing some of the loudest cheers through three days at Gillette Stadium.

We get it.

It’s hard not to root for the guy.

He can throw the football a country mile. He has a Cam Newton-esque personality on the field, keeping things loose and dancing with his wide receivers throughout practice. He does a freakin’ backflip, despite being bigger than most linebackers.

“My dad taught me when I was 3, so I’ve been flipping ever since,” Milton told reporters following practice Friday. “I don’t think...

FOXBORO, Mass. — On a day where the New England Patriots defense again got the best of the offense, rookie quarterback Drake Maye and receiver Ja’Lynn Polk were responsible for the biggest highlight.

It marked the second time in three training camp sessions that Maye was at the center of it all.

Maye pump-faked and unleashed a deep ball to Polk, who was racing down the sideline with cornerback Azizi Hearn in coverage during the second 11-on-11 period. The ball dropped into Polk’s hands just before safety Jaylinn Hawkins could break it up.

You can watch it here, courtesy of...

The Patriots have been aware of Davon Godchaux’s contract frustrations for a while, with the 29-year-old voicing his displeasure through a post on X back in June.

New England hasn’t done anything about it, though, which led to Godchaux speaking openly and honestly about his thought process following a training camp practice Friday.

“It’s frustrating,” Godchaux told reporters at Gillette Stadium. “I’m going to leave it to my agent, let Drew (Rosenhaus) handle it. He’s been doing it for a long time. He’s got my best interest, so I’m going to control what I can control. It’s frustrating playing for...

The Patriots signed Peppers to a three-year contract extension on Friday.

The New England Patriots’ quest of locking up their cornerstone players continued on Friday. Starting safety Jabrill Peppers, who is coming off arguably his best season as a pro, was signed to a new three-year extension at a base value of $24 million.

The new deal will prevent Peppers from entering free agency next March, and allow him to continue to play alongside fellow safety Kyle Dugger for the foreseeable future. For head coach Jerod Mayo, it also rewards a player who has proven himself worthy of an investment....